Illness experience in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-208

  Fan, Sheng Yu ^a   Eiser, Christine ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjustment; hepatocellular carcinoma; interpretative phenomenological analysis

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84855891426     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834ec184     Document Type: Article

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